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  1. 1. Open Source Energy Model for the Electricity Sector of Sri Lanka

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : T.L.B. Attanayaka; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : A long term generation expansion model for the electricity sector of Sri Lanka was developed in this thesis. The model provides the least cost development pathways to cater the future electricity demand within the user defined constraints that need to be adhered. READ MORE

  3. 2. Drilling the Black Blood of Nations : Mexican energy policies in 1938 and 2013 juxtaposed to the investment factor

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

    Author : Aldo Jesús Viggiano Austria; [2015]
    Keywords : Mexico; Energy; Geopolitics; NAFTA; Energy Policies; Mexican Oil; PEMEX; FDI;

    Abstract : The work briefly summarizes, the analysis emerged by studying two particular moments in Mexican history with regards to its energy policies: with principal focus on the years of oil expropriation in 1938 and the promulgation of the Energy Reform of December of 2013 with the addition of exploring how the seek for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), appears as a factor of international economics that has influenced these processes. Since Enrique Peña Nieto arrived to power, the energy model of the Mexican Republic have experimented its biggest transformations after seventy-five years of protectionism. READ MORE

  4. 3. Multinational corporations in Mexico

    University essay from Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)

    Author : Anja Khabarova; [2009]
    Keywords : foreign direct investment; NAFTA; trade policies; import-substitution; exportorientation; comparative advantage; economic development; economy;

    Abstract : In this thesis I have examined the role of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in fuelling hostcountries economic developments. By looking closer into Mexico and the case of automobile industry which has been historically the subject of control of foreign affiliates I observed coinciding patterns. READ MORE

  5. 4. Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in México : An Empirical Analysis

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

    Author : Gerardo Mendoza Osorio; [2008]
    Keywords : economic growth; FDI; labor force; exports; unit root;

    Abstract : Trade openness, market size, transparency, ease of doing business, location advantagesand low levels of corruption and country risk are the main determinants that attractForeign Direct Investment into a host country. FDI inflows in México have increasedremarkably since 1994 when the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) cameinto effect. READ MORE

  6. 5. Wage Convergence : The case of Mexico and the United States of America as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement

    University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Saloni Deva; Tobias Sondefors; [2008]
    Keywords : Wage convergence; the North American Free Trade Agreement; Foreign Direct Investment;

    Abstract : As discussed in the factor-price equalization theorem, prices, and thus wages, tend to equalize as a result of trade between two countries. The focus of this thesis is to perform a time series regression in order to evaluate whether wage convergence has taken place between Mexico and the United Sates of America due to the establishment of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994. READ MORE